Public support for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet has fallen to a record-low 17.7 percent, down from 29.2 percent in October, while the disapproval rating stands at 66.1 percent, an opinion poll showed Sunday.

Forty percent of those polled think Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe would make a more suitable prime minister, and Noda only secured 29.3 percent support.

The nationwide telephone survey was conducted Saturday and Sunday.